Numbers 13 Cross References - Rotherham

¹ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: ² Send for thee men, and let them spy out the land of Canaan, which I, am giving unto the sons of Israel,––one man each, for the tribe of his fathers, shalt thou send, each one a prince among them. ³ So then Moses sent them out of the desert of Paran, at the bidding of Yahweh,––all of them, great men, heads of the sons of Israel, were they. ⁴ And, these, are their names,––Of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua, son of Zaccur; ⁵ Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat, son of Hori; ⁶ Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh; ⁷ Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal, son of Joseph; ⁸ Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun; ⁹ Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti, son of Raphu; ¹⁰ Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel, son of Sodi; ¹¹ Of the tribe of Joseph––of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi, son of Susi; ¹² Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel, son of Gemalli; ¹³ Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur, son of Michael; ¹⁴ Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi, son of Vophsi; ¹⁵ Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel, son of Machi. ¹⁶ These, are the names of the men, whom Moses sent, to spy out the land,––but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. ¹⁷ So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan,––and said unto them––Go up, here, in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain; ¹⁸ And shall see the land, what it is,––And the people that dwell thereupon. Whether they are, strong, or weak, Whether they are, few, or, many; ¹⁹ And what, the land, is, wherein they dwell, Whether it is, good, or, bad,––And the cities within which they dwell, Whether in camps, or in strongholds; ²⁰ And what the land is, Whether, fat, or, lean, Whether there is timber therein, or is not. Then shall ye pluck up courage, and take of the fruit of the land. Now, the days, were the days of the firstfruits of grapes.
²¹ So they went up, and spied out the land,––from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, at the entering in of Hamath. ²² Yea they went up in the South, and entered as far as Hebron, and, there, were Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built, seven years, before Zoan of Egypt. ²³ And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence, a branch with one cluster of grapes, and bare it on a pole, between two,––also of the pomegranates and of the figs. ²⁴ That place, was called, The Ravine of Eschol[=" Cluster–ravine"]––on account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel. ²⁵ And they returned from spying out the land,––at the end of forty days.
²⁶ So they took their journey, and came in unto Moses and unto Aaron, and unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, into the wilderness of Paran, towards Kadesh,––and brought back word––unto them, and unto all the assembly, and showed them the fruit of the land. ²⁷ And they recounted unto him, and said, We entered into the land whither thou didst send us,––and surely it doth, flow with milk and honey, and, this, is the fruit thereof. ²⁸ Nevertheless surely, mighty, are the people that dwell in the land,––and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the Anak, saw we there. ²⁹ Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain, And, the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan. ³⁰ And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses,––and said unto them––Let us go, straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it. ³¹ But, the men who went up with him, said, We cannot go up against the people,––for, stronger, are they than we. ³² So they sent forth a rumour of the land which they had spied out, among the sons of Israel, saying,––As touching the land through which we passed, to spy it out, it is, land that eateth up them who dwell therein, And, all the people that we saw in the midst thereof, were men of great stature. ³³ And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak, [descended] of the giants,––And we were, in our own eyes, as grasshoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.

²⁵ and Moses chose men of ability out of all Israel, and set them to be heads over the people,––rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

⁴ and, with you, shall be one man for each tribe,––each man, head of his ancestral house, shall be.

¹⁶ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Gather thou unto me seventy men, from among the elders of Israel, of whom thou knowest that they are elders of the people, and their overseers,––then shalt thou take them unto the tent of meeting, and they shall station themselves there, with thee.

⁸ Thus, did your fathers,––when I sent them from Kadesh–barnea, to view the land,

¹⁸ Also, one prince from each tribe, shall ye take to receive the land as an inheritance.

¹⁵ So I took heads for your tribes, wise men and known, and placed them as heads over you,––captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and overseers for your tribes.

²² And ye came near unto me, all of you, and said––Let us send men before us, that they may search out for us, the land,––and bring us back word, the way by which we must go up, and the cities whereinto we must enter. ²³ And the thing, was good in mine eyes,––so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe. ²⁴ And they turned and went up the hill–country, and entered in as far as the ravine of Eshcol, and explored it. ²⁵ And they took in their hand of the fruit of the country, and bare it down unto us,––and brought us back word, and said, Good, is the land, which, Yahweh our God, is giving unto us.

¹ Then did Joshua son of Nun, send out from The Acacias, two men to spy out silently, saying, Go view the land, and Jericho. So they came, and entered the house of a harlot, whose name was Rahab, and lay there. ² And it was told the king of Jericho, saying,––Lo! men, have come in hither to–night of the sons of Israel to search out the land. ³ So the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying,––Bring forth the men that are come in unto thee who have entered thy house, for, to search out all the land, have they come. ⁴ And the woman took the two men and hid them,––and said: Even so, the men did come in unto me, but I knew not from whence they were; ⁵ and it came to pass, as the gate was about to be shut in the darkness, that, the men, went out, I know not whither the men went,––pursue them quickly for ye shall overtake them. ⁶ But, she, had taken them up to the roof,––and concealed them with the stalks of flax which she had laid in order for herself upon the roof. ⁷ So, the men, pursued them by way of the Jordan unto the fords,––the gate being shut as soon as they who pursued them had gone forth.
⁸ And, ere yet they slept, she, went up unto them, upon the roof; ⁹ and said unto the men, I know that Yahweh hath given unto you the land,––and that the terror of you hath fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before you. ¹⁰ For we have heard how Yahweh, dried up, the waters of the Red Sea from before you, when ye came forth out of Egypt,––and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites who were over the Jordan unto Sihon and unto Og, whom ye devoted to destruction; ¹¹ and, when we heard, then did our heart melt, and there rose up no longer any spirit in any man because of you,––for, as for Yahweh your God, he, is God––in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath. ¹² Now, therefore I pray you, swear unto me by Yahweh, since I have dealt with you in lovingkindness, that, ye also, will deal with the house of my father in lovingkindness, and will give me a token of faithfulness, ¹³ and will save alive my father and my mother, and my brethren and my sisters, and all that they have,––and will deliver our souls from death. ¹⁴ And the men said unto her, Our souls in your stead unto death, if ye utter not this our business,––so shall it be, when Yahweh shall give us the land, that we will deal with thee in lovingkindness and in faithfulness. ¹⁵ And she let them down with a cord through the window,––for, her house, was within the wall of the rampart, and, within the rampart, she was dwelling. ¹⁶ And she said unto them––To the mountain, get you, lest the pursuers, fall in, with you,––and hide yourselves there, three days until the pursuers return, and, afterwards, shall ye go your way. ¹⁷ And the men said unto her,––Free, will we be from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear: ¹⁸ Lo! when we are coming into the land, this cord of crimson thread, must thou bind in the window by which thou didst let us down, and, thy father and thy mother and thy brethren and all the household of thy father, must thou gather together unto thee unto the house. ¹⁹ And it shall be, whosoever shall go forth out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood, shall be on his own head and, we, shall be free,––but, whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood, shall be on our heads, if a, hand, be upon him. ²⁰ Or, if thou utter this our business, then shall we be free from this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. ²¹ And she said––According to your words, so, shall it be. Thus sent she them away and they departed,––and she bound the crimson cord in the window.
²² And they went and came into the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned,––so the pursuers, made search, throughout all the way, but found them not. ²³ And the two men returned and came down out of the mountain, and crossed over and came unto Joshua, son of Nun,––and recounted to him all that had befallen them; ²⁴ and they said unto Joshua, Yahweh, hath delivered, into our hand all the land,––moreover also all the inhabitants of the land, have melted away, from before us.

¹⁶ Then, afterwards, did the people set forward from Hazeroth, and encamped in the desert of Paran.

¹⁹ And, when we brake up from Horeb, we came through all that great and terrible desert which ye saw, by way of the hill–country of the Amorites, as Yahweh our God commanded us,––and we entered in as far as Kadesh–barnea.

²³ And the thing, was good in mine eyes,––so I took from among you twelve men, one man for each tribe.

²³ Also, when Yahweh sent you out of Kadesh–barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land, which I have given unto you, then quarreled ye with the bidding of Yahweh your God, and trusted him not, neither hearkened unto his voice.

³⁰ And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses,––and said unto them––Let us go, straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it.

⁶ But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of them who spied out the land, rent their clothes;

²⁴ But, my servant Caleb––because there was another spirit with him, and he followed me fully, therefore will I bring him into the land whereinto he entered, and, his seed, shall possess it.

³⁰ none of you, shall enter into the land, as to which I uplifted my hand, to give you an abode therein,––save Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun:

³⁸ But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, remained alive––of those men who went to spy out the land.

⁶⁵ For Yahweh had said of them, They shall, surely die, in the desert. And there was not left of them a man, save only, Caleb son of Jephunneh, and Joshua son of Nun.

¹⁵ Then spake Moses unto Yahweh, saying: ¹⁶ Let Yahweh, God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the assembly; ¹⁷ who may go out before them, and who may come in before them, and who may take them out, and who may bring them in,––that the assembly of Yahweh become not as sheep that have no shepherd. ¹⁸ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Take thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit,––then shalt thou lean thy hand upon him; ¹⁹ and shalt cause him to stand, before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly,––and shalt charge him, before their eyes; ²⁰ and shalt put some of thine honour upon him,––that all the assembly of the sons of Israel, may hearken. ²¹ And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,––at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and, at the bidding thereof, shall they come in––he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly. ²² And Moses did as Yahweh commanded him,––and took Joshua, and caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly; ²³ and leaned his hands upon him, and charged him,––As Yahweh spake by the hand of Moses.

¹⁹ These, therefore, are the names of the men,––For the tribe of Judah, Caleb, son of Jephunneh;

⁷ And Moses called for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel, Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people, into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers, to give unto them, and, thou, shalt cause them to inherit it. ⁸ But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he, will be with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,––thou must not fear, nor be dismayed.
⁹ And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests, the sons of Levi, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh,––and unto all the elders of Israel. ¹⁰ And Moses commanded them, saying,––At the end of seven years, in the appointed season of the year of release, during the festival of booths; ¹¹ when all Israel cometh in to see the face of Yahweh thy God, in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel, in their hearing. ¹² Call together the people––the men, and the women, and the little ones, and thy sojourner, who is within thy gates,––that they may hear, and that they may learn, so shall they revere Yahweh your God, and observe to do all the words of this law; ¹³ and that, their children who know not, may hear and learn, that they may revere Yahweh your God,––all the days that ye are living upon the soil, which ye are passing over the Jordan, to possess.
¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near, that thou must die. Call Joshua, and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting. ¹⁵ And Yahweh appeared in the tent, in a pillar of cloud,––and the pillar of cloud stood, at the entrance of the tent. ¹⁶ Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Lo! thou art about to sleep with thy fathers,––and this people will rise up, and go away unchastely after the gods of the foreigners of the land, into the midst of whom they are entering, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I solemnised with them. ¹⁷ Then will mine anger kindle upon them in that day, and I will forsake them, and will hide my face from them, and they shall be consumed, and many calamities and misfortunes shall find them out,––and they will say, in that day, Is it not because my God is not in my midst, that these calamities have found me out?

⁶ Then came near the sons of Judah unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, said unto him,––Thou, knowest the word which Yahweh spake unto Moses the man of God in my behalf and in thine in Kadesh–barnea. ⁷ Forty years old, was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh–barnea to spy out the land,––so I brought him back word, as was in my heart. ⁸ But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt,––whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God. ⁹ So then Moses sware on that day saying, Surely, the land on which thy foot hath trodden, unto thee, shall belong, for an inheritance, and unto thy sons, unto times age–abiding,––because thou hast wholly followed Yahweh my God. ¹⁰ Now, therefore lo! Yahweh hath kept me alive as he spake these forty and five years from the time Yahweh spake this word unto Moses, while Israel journeyed in the desert. Now, therefore lo! I––today, am eighty and five years old: ¹¹ I remain, today, as courageous as on the day when Moses sent me, as my strength was then, so also my strength is now,––for war, both to go out and to come in. ¹² Now, therefore, give me this mountain, whereof Yahweh spake, on that day,––for, thou thyself, didst hear, on that day, that, Anakim, were there, and great cities fortified, if so be Yahweh be with me, then shall I dispossess them, as spake Yahweh. ¹³ So Joshua blessed him, and gave Hebron unto Caleb son of Jephunneh, for an inheritance. ¹⁴ For this cause, hath Hebron belonged unto Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenezzite, for an inheritance, unto this day,––because he wholly followed Yahweh, God of Israel. ¹⁵ Now, the name of Hebron, was formerly, City of Arba, the greatest man among the Anakim, was he. And, the land, had rest from war.

¹³ And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua,––even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron. ¹⁴ And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak,––Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak. ¹⁵ And he went up from thence, against the inhabitants of Debir,––now, the name of Debir, formerly, was Kiriath–sepher. ¹⁶ Then said Caleb, He that smiteth Kiriath–sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah, my daughter, to wife. ¹⁷ And Othniel son of Kenaz, brother of Caleb, captured it,––so he gave unto him Achsah, his daughter, to wife. ¹⁸ And it came to pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto her––What aileth thee? ¹⁹ And she said––Give me a present, for, dry land, hast thou given me, therefore must thou give me, pools of water. So he gave her upper pools and lower pools.

¹² And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kiriath–sepher, and captureth it, I will give unto him Achsah my daughter, to wife. ¹³ Then Othniel, son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, captured it,––and he gave him Achsah his daughter, to wife. ¹⁴ And it came pass, when she came, that she moved him to ask of her father a field, and, when she alighted from off the ass, Caleb said unto her––What aileth thee? ¹⁵ And she said unto him––Give me a present; for, south land, hast thou given me, give me therefore pools of water. So Caleb gave her Upper–pools, and Lower–pools.

¹⁵ And, the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam,––and the sons of Elah and Kenaz.

¹⁰ and, all the throng of the people, was praying outside, at the hour of the incense offering. ¹¹ And there appeared unto him a messenger of the Lord, standing on the right hand of the altar of incense; ¹² and Zachariah was troubled when he beheld, and, fear, fell upon him. ¹³ But the messenger said unto him––Do not fear, Zachariah! Inasmuch as thy supplication hath been hearkened to,––and, thy wife Elizabeth, shall bring forth a son to thee, and thou shalt call his name, John; ¹⁴ And there shall be joy to thee and exulting, and, many, over his birth, shall rejoice; ¹⁵ For he shall be great before the Lord, and, wine and strong drink, in nowise may he drink, and, with Holy Spirit, shall he be filled, already, from his mother’s womb;

⁹ And Moses said unto Joshua––Choose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek,––tomorrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. ¹⁰ So Joshua did, as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek,––and, Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ And it shall be, when Moses shall lift on high his hands, then shall Israel prevail, but, when he shall let down his hands, then shall Amalek prevail. ¹² But, the hands of Moses, were weary, so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat thereupon,––and, Aaron and Hur, upheld his hands––on this side, one, and, on that side, one, and so his hands became steady, until the going in of the sun. ¹³ So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword.

¹³ And Moses rose up, and Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up into the mountain of God;

¹⁷ And Joshua heard the noise of the people, as they shouted,––so he said unto Moses––The noise of war, in the camp!

²⁸ Then responded Joshua, son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, and said,––My lord Moses, forbid them!

¹⁶ These, are the names of the men, whom Moses sent, to spy out the land,––but Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua.

¹⁸ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Take thee Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is spirit,––then shalt thou lean thy hand upon him; ¹⁹ and shalt cause him to stand, before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly,––and shalt charge him, before their eyes; ²⁰ and shalt put some of thine honour upon him,––that all the assembly of the sons of Israel, may hearken. ²¹ And, before Eleazar the priest, shall he stand, and shall ask by him for the decision of the Lights, before Yahweh,––at the bidding thereof, shall they go out, and, at the bidding thereof, shall they come in––he, and all the sons of Israel with him, even all the assembly. ²² And Moses did as Yahweh commanded him,––and took Joshua, and caused him to stand before Eleazar the priest, and before all the assembly;

⁷ And Moses called for Joshua, and said unto him, in the sight of all Israel, Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt go with this people, into the land which Yahweh sware unto their fathers, to give unto them, and, thou, shalt cause them to inherit it. ⁸ But, Yahweh, it is who is going before thee, he, will be with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee,––thou must not fear, nor be dismayed.

¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses: Lo! thy days have drawn near, that thou must die. Call Joshua, and station yourselves in the tent of meeting, that I may command him. So Moses went, with Joshua, and they took their station in the tent of meeting.

²³ And he commanded Joshua, son of Nun, and said––Be firm and bold, for, thou, shalt bring the sons of Israel into the land which I have sworn to them,––and, I, will be with thee.

⁴⁴ So Moses came in and spake all the words of this Song in the hearing of the people,––he and Hoshea, son of Nun.

⁹ But, Joshua, son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him,––so the sons of Israel hearkened unto him, and did, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

¹ And it came to pass, after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh,––that Yahweh spake unto Joshua son of Nun, the attendant of Moses, saying: ² Moses my servant, is dead,––Now, therefore, arise, pass over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, into the land which I am giving unto them––unto the sons of Israel. ³ Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread, unto you, have I given it,––as I spake unto Moses. ⁴ From the desert and this Lebanon, even unto the great river––the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea, toward the going in of the sun, shall be your boundary. ⁵ No man shall stand before thee, all the days of thy life,––as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee, I will not fail thee, neither will I forsake thee. ⁶ Be firm and bold,––for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers,––to give unto them. ⁷ Only be very firm and bold, taking heed to do according to all the law which Moses my servant commanded thee, do not turn aside therefrom, to the right hand or to the left,––that thou mayest prosper, whithersoever thou goest. ⁸ This scroll of the law must not cease out of thy mouth, but thou must talk to thyself therein, day and night, that thou mayest take heed to do according to all that is written therein,––for, then, shalt thou make thy way prosperous, and, then, shalt thou have good success. ⁹ Have I not commanded thee, Be firm and bold, do not start nor be dismayed,––for, with thee, is Yahweh thy God, whithersoever thou goest?

¹⁶ Then responded they to Joshua, saying,––All that thou hast commanded us, will we do, and, whithersoever thou shalt send us, will we go:

¹ And Joshua gathered together all the tribes of Israel, unto Shechem,––and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and they presented themselves before God. ² Then said Joshua unto all the people––Thus, saith Yahweh, God of Israel, Beyond the River, dwelt your fathers from age–past times, [unto] Terah, father of Abraham, and father of Nahor,––and they served other gods. ³ So I took your father, Abraham, from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan,––and multiplied his seed, and gave unto him, Isaac; ⁴ and gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau,––and gave unto Esau, Mount Seir, to possess it, but, Jacob and his sons, went down into Egypt. ⁵ Then sent I Moses and Aaron, and plagued Egypt, according to that which I did in their midst, and, afterwards, brought you forth. ⁶ Yea I brought forth your fathers, out of Egypt, and ye came unto the sea, and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers, with chariots and with horsemen, unto the Red Sea. ⁷ So they made outcry unto Yahweh, and he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought in upon them the sea, and covered them,––and your eyes beheld what I did with the Egyptians. And, when ye had remained in the desert many days, ⁸ then I brought you into the land of the Amorites, who were dwelling over the Jordan, and they fought with you,––then delivered I them into your hand, and ye took possession of their land, so I destroyed them from before you. ⁹ Then rose up Balak, son of Zippor, king of Moab, and made war with Israel,––and sent and called for Balaam son of Beor, to curse you; ¹⁰ but I was not willing to hearken unto Balaam,––so, he kept on blessing, you, and I rescued you out of his hand. ¹¹ Then passed ye over the Jordan, and came in unto Jericho, and, when they would have made war with you––even the lords of Jericho––the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, then delivered I them into your hand. ¹² And I sent before you the hornet, which drave them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites,––not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. ¹³ Thus I gave unto you a land on which thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye had not built, and ye proceeded to dwell therein,––of vineyards and oliveyards, which ye planted not, ye are eating. ¹⁴ Now, therefore, revere ye Yahweh, and serve him, in sincerity and in truth,––and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve ye Yahweh.
¹⁵ But, if it be, a vexation, in your eyes, to serve Yahweh, choose ye for yourselves, today, whom ye will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served, that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye are dwelling,––but, I and my house, will serve Yahweh. ¹⁶ Then responded the people, and said, Far be it from us, that we should forsake Yahweh,––to serve other gods; ¹⁷ for, as for Yahweh our God, he, brought up both us and our fathers, out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants,––and who did before our eyes, these great signs, and preserved us throughout all the way wherein we journeyed, and among all the peoples through the midst of whom we passed; ¹⁸ then did Yahweh drive out all the peoples, even the Amorites were dwelling in the land, from before us,––we too, will serve Yahweh, for, he, is our God. ¹⁹ Then said Joshua unto the people––Ye cannot serve Yahweh, for, a holy God, he is, a jealous GOD, he is, he will not forgive your transgression, nor your sins. ²⁰ When ye forsake Yahweh, and serve the gods of a stranger, then will he turn, and inflict on you calamity, and consume you, after that he hath dealt well with you. ²¹ But the people said unto Joshua,––Nay! but, Yahweh, will we serve. ²² Then said Joshua unto the people––Witnesses, are ye, against yourselves, that, ye yourselves, have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. And they said: Witnesses! ²³ Now, therefore, put ye away the gods of the stranger, that are in your midst,––and incline your heart unto Yahweh, God of Israel. ²⁴ And the people said unto Joshua,––Yahweh our God, will we serve, and, unto his voice, will we hearken. ²⁵ So then Joshua solemnised a covenant for the people, on that day,––and set for them a statute and a regulation, in Shechem. ²⁶ And Joshua wrote these words in the scroll of the law of God,––and took a great stone, and set it up there, under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh. ²⁷ And Joshua said unto all the people––Lo! this stone, shall serve against us as a witness, for, it, hath heard all the sayings of Yahweh, which he hath spoken with us,––so shall it serve against you as a witness, lest ye should act deceptively against your God. ²⁸ And Joshua sent the people away, every man unto his inheritance.
²⁹ And it came to pass, after these things, that Joshua son of Nun, servant of Yahweh, died, being a hundred and ten years old. ³⁰ And they buried him within the bounds of his own inheritance, in Timnath–serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash. ³¹ So then Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua,––and all the days of the elders who prolonged their days after Joshua, and who had known all the work of Yahweh, which he had wrought for Israel. ³² And, the bones of Joseph––which the sons of Israel had brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in the portion of field, which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor, father of Shechem, for a hundred pieces of money,––and they belonged unto the sons of Joseph, as an inheritance. ³³ And, Eleazar son of Aaron, died,––and they buried him in the hill of Phinehas his son, which was given to him, in the hill country of Ephraim.

⁹ And Moses said unto Joshua––Choose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek,––tomorrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand.

⁸ Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea, son of Nun;

¹ The word of Yahweh which came unto Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah, kings of Judah,––and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

²¹ Moreover she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus,–– for, he, will save his people from their sins. ²² But, all this, hath come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord, through the prophet, saying: ²³ Lo! a Virgin, shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son,––and they shall call his name Emmanuel; which is, being translated, God with us.

⁴⁵ Which our fathers succeeding to, also brought in, with Joshua, when taking possession of the nations, which God put out from before our fathers until the days of David;

²⁵ As also in Hosea he saith––I will call the not–my–people, My people, and the not–beloved, beloved,

⁸ For, if, unto them, Joshua had given rest, it had not in that case, concerning another day, been speaking, after, these things.

⁹ Thus Abram brake up, again and again, towards the South.

¹ So Abram came up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, towards the South.

¹⁰ Now, the valley of the open fields, had many pits of bitumen, so the king of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there,––while, they who remained, towards a mountain, fled.

²¹ So they went up, and spied out the land,––from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, at the entering in of Hamath. ²² Yea they went up in the South, and entered as far as Hebron, and, there, were Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built, seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.

²⁹ Amalek, dwelleth in the land of the South; And, the Hittite and the Jebusite and the Amorite, dwell in the mountain, And, the Canaanite, dwelleth by the sea, and by the side of the Jordan.

⁴⁰ So they arose early in the morning, and went up into the top of the mountain, saying,––We are here––therefore will we go up into the place as to which Yahweh hath said, that we have sinned.

⁴⁴ Then came forth the Amorites who were dwelling in that country, to meet you, and they chased you, as do, bees; and struck you down in Seir, as far as Hormah.

³ and goeth forth on the south of the cliffs of Akrabbim, and crosseth over to Zin, and goeth up on the south of Kadesh–barnea,––and passeth over by Hezron, and goeth up to Addar, and turneth round to Karka;

⁹ And, afterwards, the sons of Judah went down to make war upon the Canaanites,––dwelling in the hill country, and in the south, and in the lowland.

¹⁵ And she said unto him––Give me a present; for, south land, hast thou given me, give me therefore pools of water. So Caleb gave her Upper–pools, and Lower–pools.

¹⁹ And it same to pass that Yahweh was with Judah, and he took possession of the hill country,––but did not dispossess the inhabitants of the vale, because they had, chariots of iron.

⁸ therefore have I come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians, and to take them up out of that land, into a land good and large, into a land flowing with milk and honey,––into the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.

¹⁴ In good pastures, will I feed them, And, on the mountains of the height of Israel, shall be their fold,––There, shall they lie down, in a fold that is good, And, on pasture that is fat, shall they feed, among the mountains of Israel.

²³ And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence, a branch with one cluster of grapes, and bare it on a pole, between two,––also of the pomegranates and of the figs. ²⁴ That place, was called, The Ravine of Eschol[=" Cluster–ravine"]––on account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel.

³⁰ And Caleb stilled the people unto Moses,––and said unto them––Let us go, straight up, and possess it, for we shall, surely prevail, against it. ³¹ But, the men who went up with him, said, We cannot go up against the people,––for, stronger, are they than we.

²⁵ And they took in their hand of the fruit of the country, and bare it down unto us,––and brought us back word, and said, Good, is the land, which, Yahweh our God, is giving unto us.

⁶ Be firm and bold, do not fear nor tremble, because of them,––for, Yahweh thy God, it is who is going with thee, he will not fail thee nor forsake thee.

⁶ Be firm and bold,––for, thou, shalt cause this people to inherit the land which I sware unto their fathers,––to give unto them.

⁹ Have I not commanded thee, Be firm and bold, do not start nor be dismayed,––for, with thee, is Yahweh thy God, whithersoever thou goest?

³ So the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying,––Bring forth the men that are come in unto thee who have entered thy house, for, to search out all the land, have they come.

²² And they went and came into the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers had returned,––so the pursuers, made search, throughout all the way, but found them not. ²³ And the two men returned and came down out of the mountain, and crossed over and came unto Joshua, son of Nun,––and recounted to him all that had befallen them;

¹¹ Now, my son, Yahweh be with thee,––so shalt thou be prosperous, and shalt build the house of Yahweh thy God, according as he hath spoken concerning thee.

²⁵ and they captured fortified cities and a fat soil, and took possession of houses full of every good thing, wells digged, vineyards and oliveyards and fruit–trees, in abundance,––so they did eat and were filled and became fat, and luxuriated in thy great goodness.

³⁵ But, they, in their kingdom, and in thine abundant goodness which thou gavest them, and in the broad and fat land which thou didst set before them, did not serve thee, neither turned they from their wicked doings.

¹ Alas for me! for I am become as gatherings of summer fruit, as gleaning–grapes in harvest, there is no cluster to eat, the first ripe fruit, my soul, craved.

⁶ So that, taking courage, we may be saying––The Lord, hasteth to my cry,––I will not be put in fear: what shall, man, do unto me?

¹ Then came the sons of Israel, the whole assembly, into the desert of Zin, in the first month, and the people dwelt in Kadesh,––and Miriam died there, and was buried there.

¹⁴ because ye resisted my bidding––in the desert of Zin, when the assembly contended,––that ye should hallow me regarding the waters, before their eyes,––the same, were the waters of Meribah, of Kadesh, in the desert of Zin.

³⁶ And they brake up from Eziongeber,––and encamped in the desert of Zin, the same, is Kadesh.

³ Ye shall therefore have a south corner, from the desert of Zin, on the side of Edom,––so shall ye have a south boundary, from the end of the salt sea, eastward: ⁴ and the boundary shall go round for you from the south towards the cliffs of Akrabbim, then cross over towards Zin, and the extension thereof shall be from the south to Kadesh–barnea, then shall it reach out to Hazar–addar, and cross over towards Azmon;

⁵¹ for that ye acted unfaithfully against me, in the midst of the sons of Israel, regarding the waters of Meribah–Kadesh, in the desert of Zin,––for that ye hallowed me not in the midst of the sons of Israel.

⁵ and the land of the Gebalites, and all the Lebanon, to the rising of the sun, from Baal–gad, under Mount Hermon,––as far as the entering in of Hamath:

¹ So then the boundary of the tribe of the sons of Judah, by their families,––reached unto the boundary of Edom, the desert of Zin southward, on the extreme south;

⁹ And, when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the forces of Hadadezer,

² Pass ye over to Calneh, and see, and go on from thence to Hamath the great,––and go down to Gath of the Philistines, are they better than these kingdoms? or their boundary larger than your boundary?

¹⁸ So Abram moved his tent, and came in and dwelt among the oaks of Mamre, which were in Hebron,––and built there an altar to Yahweh.

² And Sarah died in Kiriath–arba, the same, is Hebron, in the land of Canaan,––and Abraham went in to wail for Sarah, and to weep for her.

¹⁷ So Moses sent them, to spy out the land of Canaan,––and said unto them––Go up, here, in the South, Yea ye shall go up the mountain;

³³ And, there, saw we the giants, sons of Anak, [descended] of the giants,––And we were, in our own eyes, as grasshoppers, And, so, were we in their eyes.

²¹ And Joshua came in, at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill country––from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah, and from all the hill country of Israel,––with their cities, did Joshua devote them to destruction. ²² There was left remaining none of the Anakim, in the land of the sons of Israel,––save only, in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.

¹³ And, to Caleb, son of Jephunneh, gave he a portion, in the midst of the sons of Judah, at the bidding of Yahweh, by Joshua,––even the City of Arba, father of Anak, the same, is Hebron. ¹⁴ And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak,––Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

¹³ But, unto the sons of Aaron the priest, gave they the city of refuge for the manslayer, even Hebron, with the pasture lands thereof,––Libnah also, with her pasture lands;

¹⁰ And Judah went against the Canaanites who were dwelling in Hebron, now, the name of Hebron, formerly, was Kiriath–arba,––and they smote Sheshai and Ahiman, and Talmai.

¹ And it came to pass, after this, that David enquired of Yahweh, saying––Shall I go up into one of the cities of Judah? And Yahweh said unto him, Go up. And David said––Whither shall I go up? And he said––Unto Hebron.

¹¹ And it came to pass, that, the number of the days that David was king in Hebron, over the house of Judah, was seven years and six months.

¹² In presence of their fathers, wrought he, wondrously,––In the land of Egypt––the field of Zoan:

⁴³ When he set, in Egypt, his signs, And his wonders, in the plain of Zoan;

¹¹ Surely, foolish, are the princes of Zoan, the wisest counselors of Pharaoh, in counsel, are brutish,––How can ye say unto Pharaoh, Son of the wise, am I, Son of the kings of olden time?

¹³ Doting, are the princes of Zoan, Deceived, are the princes of Noph: They who are the corner–stone of her tribes, have led Egypt astray.

⁴ For, their princes, have been, in Zoan,––And, their messengers, unto Hanes, would draw near.

²⁴ That place, was called, The Ravine of Eschol[=" Cluster–ravine"]––on account of the cluster, which was cut down from thence by the sons of Israel.

⁹ and they went up as far as the ravine of Eschol, and viewed the land, and then dissuaded the heart of the sons of Israel from entering into the land, which Yahweh, had given them.

⁴ And it came to pass, after this, that he loved a woman in the ravine of Shorek, whose, name, was Delilah.

¹⁸ And Moses entered into the midst of the cloud, and ascended into the mountain. And it came to pass that Moses was in the mountain, forty days and forty nights.

²⁸ So then he was there, with Yahweh, forty days and forty nights, bread, did he not eat, and, water, did he not drink,––and He wrote upon the tables, the words of the covenant, the ten words.

³³ and, your sons, shall be shepherds in the desert forty years, and shall bear your unchastities,––until your dead bodies are consumed in the desert. ³⁴ By the number of the days, wherein ye spied out the land––forty days, each day for a year, shall they bear your iniquities––forty years,––so shall ye know my opposition.

¹⁶ and we made outcry unto Yahweh, and he heard our voice, and sent a messenger, and brought us forth out of Egypt,––lo! then, we, are in Kadesh, a city at the extremity of thy boundary,

⁶ Then came near the sons of Judah unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, said unto him,––Thou, knowest the word which Yahweh spake unto Moses the man of God in my behalf and in thine in Kadesh–barnea.

¹⁷ therefore do I say––I will bring you up out of the humiliation of Egypt, into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite,––into a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁵ And it shall be, when Yahweh shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite, and the Hivite and the Jebusite, which he sware to thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, then shalt thou serve with this service, in this month.

³ into a land flowing with milk and honey,––for I will not go up in thy midst, in that, a stiff–necked people, thou art, lest I consume thee, in the way.

²⁴ And said unto you––Ye, shall possess their soil, Yea, I myself, will give it you to possess it, A land flowing with milk and honey,––I––Yahweh, am your God, who have distinguished you from the peoples;

⁸ If Yahweh delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it unto us,––A land which doth flow with milk and honey.

²⁵ And they took in their hand of the fruit of the country, and bare it down unto us,––and brought us back word, and said, Good, is the land, which, Yahweh our God, is giving unto us. ²⁶ Nevertheless ye were not willing to go up,––but rebelled against the bidding of Yahweh, your God; ²⁷ and murmured in your tents, and said, Because Yahweh hated, us, hath he brought us forth out of the land of Egypt,––to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. ²⁸ Whither, are, we, to go up? Our own brethren, have made our heart melt, saying––A people greater and taller than we, cities large and walled–up into the heavens,––yea, moreover, sons of Anakim, have we seen there. ²⁹ Then I said unto you,––Ye must not tremble, nor be afraid of them: ³⁰ Yahweh your God, who is going before you, he, will fight for you,––according to all that he did with you in Egypt, before your eyes; ³¹ also in the desert which thou hast seen, where Yahweh thy God carried thee as a man will carry his son, throughout all the way that ye journeyed, until ye entered as far as this place. ³² But, in this thing, ye were putting no trust in Yahweh your God; ³³ who was going before you in the way––to search out for you a place, where ye might encamp,––in the fire by night, that ye might get sight of the way wherein ye should go, and in the cloud, by day.

³ Therefore shalt thou hear, O Israel, and shalt observe to do, that it may be well with thee, and that ye may multiply greatly, as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken to thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁹ and that ye may prolong your days upon the soil which Yahweh sware unto your fathers, to give unto them and unto their seed,––a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁹ and brought us into this place, and gave unto us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

¹¹ and shalt rejoice in all the good things which Yahweh thy God, hath given unto thee, and unto thy house,––thou and the Levite, and the sojourner who is in thy midst.
¹² When thou shalt make an end of tithing all the tithe of thine increase, in the third year, the year of tithing,––and shalt give unto the Levite, unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless and unto the widow, and they shall eat within thy gates, and be satisfied, ¹³ then shalt thou say––before Yahweh thy God:––I have carefully removed that which was hallowed out of the house, moreover also I have given it unto the Levite, and unto the sojourner, unto the fatherless, and unto the widow, according to all thy commandment which thou hast commanded me,––I have not transgressed any of thy commandments, neither have I forgotten. ¹⁴ I have not eaten in my sorrow therefrom, neither have I removed therefrom when unclean, neither have I given thereof unto the dead,––I have hearkened unto the voice of Yahweh my God, I have done according to all which thou hast commanded me. ¹⁵ Look thou down out of thy holy habitation, out of the heavens, and bless thy people Israel, and the soil which thou hast given unto us,––as thou didst swear unto our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey.

³ and shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou shalt pass over,––to the end that thou mayest enter upon the land which Yahweh thy God is giving unto thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, as Yahweh the God of thy fathers hath spoken unto thee.

²⁰ When I bring them upon the soil which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall eat and be filled, and wax fat, then will they turn away unto other gods and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.

⁶ Because, for forty years, did the sons of Israel journey in the desert, until all the nation who were men of war, who came forth out of Egypt, were consumed, because they hearkened not unto the voice of Yahweh,––unto whom Yahweh sware that he would not let them see the land, which Yahweh sware unto their fathers, that he would give unto us, a land flowing with milk and honey.

⁵ That the oath may be established, which I sware to your fathers, To give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as at this day. Then answered I and said, Amen, O Yahweh!

²² And didst give unto them this land, which thou hadst sworn to their fathers to give unto them,––a land flowing with milk and honey;

⁶ In that day, lifted I up my hand to them, to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt,––into a land that I had looked out for them, flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was, of all lands.

¹⁵ Yet, even I, lifted up my hand to them, in the desert,––That I would not bring them into the land which I had given to them, flowing with milk and honey, The beauty, it was, of all lands:

²² Yea they went up in the South, and entered as far as Hebron, and, there, were Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built, seven years, before Zoan of Egypt. ²³ And they entered as far as the ravine of Eschol, and cut down, from thence, a branch with one cluster of grapes, and bare it on a pole, between two,––also of the pomegranates and of the figs.

²⁸ Whither, are, we, to go up? Our own brethren, have made our heart melt, saying––A people greater and taller than we, cities large and walled–up into the heavens,––yea, moreover, sons of Anakim, have we seen there.

¹⁰ the Emim, formerly dwelt therein,––a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim. ¹¹ Giants, used, they also, to be accounted, like the Anakim,––but, the Moabites, called them Emim.

²¹ a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim,––but Yahweh destroyed them from before them, and they took their possessions, and dwelt in their stead:

⁵ All these, were fortified cities, each with a high wall, folding gates and a bar,––besides country towns exceeding many.

¹ Hear, O Israel! thou art passing, today, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,––cities great and fortified into the heavens; ² a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim,––whom, thou, knowest, and of whom, thou, hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

²² There was left remaining none of the Anakim, in the land of the sons of Israel,––save only, in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, did some remain.

¹⁴ And Caleb dispossessed from thence, the three sons of Anak,––Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the descendants of Anak.

²⁰ So they gave unto Caleb Hebron, as spake Moses,––and he drave out from thence the three sons of Anak.

⁷ So they returned and came in unto En–mishpat, the same, is Kadish, and smote all the field of the Amalekites,––and the Amorites also, that dwelt in Hazazon–tamar.

¹⁹ the Kenite, and the Kenizzite, and the Kadmonite; ²⁰ and the Hittite and the Perizzite, and the Rephaim; ²¹ and the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Girgashite, and the Jebusite.

⁸ Then came in Amalek,––and fought with Israel, in Rephidim. ⁹ And Moses said unto Joshua––Choose for us men, and go forth, fight with Amalek,––tomorrow, am, I, stationing myself upon the top of the hill, with the staff of God in my hand. ¹⁰ So Joshua did, as Moses had said to him, to fight with Amalek,––and, Moses, Aaron and Hur, went up to the top of the hill. ¹¹ And it shall be, when Moses shall lift on high his hands, then shall Israel prevail, but, when he shall let down his hands, then shall Amalek prevail. ¹² But, the hands of Moses, were weary, so they took a stone, and put under him, and he sat thereupon,––and, Aaron and Hur, upheld his hands––on this side, one, and, on that side, one, and so his hands became steady, until the going in of the sun. ¹³ So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword. ¹⁴ Then said Yahweh unto Moses––Write this as a remembrancer in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua––that I will, wipe out, the remembrance of Amalek, from under the heavens. ¹⁵ And Moses built an altar,––and called the name thereof, Yahweh–nissi. ¹⁶ And he said––Because of a hand against the throne of Yah, Yahweh hath war with Amalek,––from generation to generation!

²⁵ Now, the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are dwelling in the valley,––tomorrow, turn ye away; and set yourselves forward towards the desert, by the way of the Red Sea.

⁴³ For, the Amalekites and the Canaanites, are there before you, So shall ye fall by the sword,––For, inasmuch as ye have turned back from following Yahweh, Therefore will Yahweh not be with you.

⁴⁵ So ten the Amalekites and the Canaanites, that dwelt in that mountain, came down,––and smote them and routed them, even unto Hormah.

²⁰ And, when he saw Amalek, he took up his parable, and said––The beginning of nations,––Amalek, But, his latter end, is even to perish.

³ And so it used to be, if Israel had sown, then came up Midian and Amalek and the sons of the east, yea came up against them,

⁴⁸ Then made he ready a force, and smote the Amalekites,––and delivered Israel out of the hand of such as plundered them.

³ Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,––but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass. ⁴ So then Saul called together the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen,––and ten thousand men of Judah. ⁵ And Saul came as far as the city of Amalek,––and stirred up strife in the ravine. ⁶ Then said Saul unto the Kenites––Go, depart, get you down out of the midst of the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them, yet, ye, dealt in lovingkindness, with all the sons of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed out of the midst of the Amalekites. ⁷ And Saul smote Amalek,––from Havilah, till thou enterest Shur, which is over against Egypt. ⁸ And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive,––but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword. ⁹ But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction,––but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.

¹ And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that, the Amalekites, had made a raid into the South, and into Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

⁷ Gebal and Ammon, and Amalek, The Philistines, with the dwellers in Tyre;

⁶ But, Joshua son of Nun, and Caleb son of Jephunneh, of them who spied out the land, rent their clothes; ⁷ and spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, saying,––As for the land through which we passed to spy it out, Good, is the land, exceedingly. ⁸ If Yahweh delight in us, then will he bring us into this land, and give it unto us,––A land which doth flow with milk and honey. ⁹ Only, against Yahweh, do not rebel. Do not, ye, fear the people of the land, For, our food, they are,––Their shade hath departed from over them, And Yahweh is with us, Do not fear them!

⁶ Then came near the sons of Judah unto Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, said unto him,––Thou, knowest the word which Yahweh spake unto Moses the man of God in my behalf and in thine in Kadesh–barnea. ⁷ Forty years old, was I when Moses the servant of Yahweh sent me from Kadesh–barnea to spy out the land,––so I brought him back word, as was in my heart. ⁸ But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt,––whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God.

¹ [David’s.]
Yahweh, is my light and my salvation, Of whom shall I be afraid? Yahweh, is the refuge of my life, Of whom shall I be in dread? ² When there drew near against me evil–doers to devour my flesh, mine adversaries, and mine enemies––mine!––they, stumbled and fell!

¹² In God, we shall do valiantly, He himself, therefore, will tread down our adversaries.

¹⁰ All nations, have compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised; ¹¹ They have compassed me about––yea compassed me about, In the Name of Yahweh, surely I will make them be circumcised;

¹⁰ Do not fear, for, with thee, I am! Look not around, for, I, am thy God,––I have emboldened thee, Yea I have helped thee, Yea I have upheld thee, with my righteous, right–hand. ¹¹ Lo! they shall turn pale and be ashamed––All they who have been incensed against thee,––They shall become as nothing and perish––The men who have been thine accusers: ¹² Thou shalt seek them, but shalt not find them––The men who have contended with thee, They shall become as nothing, and as a thing of nought––The men who have warred against thee; ¹³ For I, Yahweh, thy God, am firmly grasping thy right–hand,––Who am saying unto thee, Do not fear! I, have become thy helper! ¹⁴ Do not fear, Thou worm Jacob, Ye men of Israel,––I, have become thy helper, Declareth Yahweh, And thy redeemer, The Holy One of Israel. ¹⁵ Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,––Thou shalt thresh mountains, and crush them, And, hills––like chaff, shalt thou make: ¹⁶ Thou shalt fan them, and, a wind, shall carry them away, And, a whirlwind, scatter, them,––But, thou, shalt exult in Yahweh, And, in the Holy One of Israel, shalt thou boast thyself.

³¹ What, then, shall we say to a these things? If God [is] for us, who [shall be] against us?

³⁷ Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquering through him that hath loved us.

¹³ I have might, for all things, in him that empowereth me.

³³ Who, through faith––prevailed in contest over kingdoms, wrought righteousness, attained unto promises, shut the mouths of lions,

¹ Hear, O Israel! thou art passing, today, over the Jordan, to go in to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou,––cities great and fortified into the heavens;

⁸ But, my brethren who had been up with me, made the heart of the people melt,––whereas, I, wholly followed Yahweh my God.

¹⁹ And we see, that they were not able to enter, because of unbelief.

²⁸ Nevertheless surely, mighty, are the people that dwell in the land,––and, the cities, walled in, exceeding great, moreover also, the descendants of the Anak, saw we there.

³⁶ Now, as for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land,––who returned and caused all the assembly to murmur against him, by giving out a rumour against the land, ³⁷ they died––the men who gave out an evil rumor of the land,––by the plague, before Yahweh.

²⁰ And there was yet again a battle in Gath; when there was a man of stature, with six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty–four in number; he also, having been born to the giant;

⁶ And there again came to be war with Gath,––where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes, six on each hand and foot, were four and twenty, and, he also, had been born unto the giant.

¹³ Thus, saith My Lord, Yahweh, Because they are saying to you, A devourer of men, thou art, And, one that didst make childless thy nations, hast thou been, ¹⁴ Therefore, men, shalt thou not devour any more,––And, thy nations, shalt thou make childless no more, Declareth My Lord, Yahweh;

⁹ Yet it was, I, who destroyed the Amorite, from before them, whose height was, like the height of cedars, and, strong, was he, like the oaks,––but I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.

¹³ But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; because ye are locking up the kingdom of the heavens before men,––for, ye, are not entering, neither, them who are entering, suffer ye to enter.

⁴ The giants, were in the earth in those days, and also, after that, when the sons of God began to go in unto the daughters of men, and sons were born to them, the same, were the heroes that were from age–past times, the men of renown.

²² Yea they went up in the South, and entered as far as Hebron, and, there, were Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, descendants of the Anak. Now, Hebron, was built, seven years, before Zoan of Egypt.

¹⁰ the Emim, formerly dwelt therein,––a people great and many and tall, like the Anakim.

¹¹ For, only Og, king of Bashan, was left remaining of the remnant of the giants, lo! his bedstead, was a bedstead of iron, is not, the same, in Rabbath, of the sons of Ammon? nine cubits, the length thereof, and, four cubits, the breadth thereof, by the fore–arm of a man.

² a people great and tall, the sons of Anakim,––whom, thou, knowest, and of whom, thou, hast heard say, Who can stand before the sons of Anak?

⁴ And there came forth a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, Goliath, his name, from Gath,––his height, six cubits and a span; ⁵ with a helmet of bronze on his head, and, with a scaly coat of mail, was he clad,––the weight of the coat, being five thousand shekels of bronze; ⁶ and, greaves of bronze, on his feet,––and, a javelin of bronze, between his shoulders; ⁷ and, the shaft of his spear, was like a weaver’s beam, and, the flashing head of his spear, was six hundred shekels of iron,––and, his shield–bearer, was coming on before him.

⁴² And, when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him,––for he was a youth, and ruddy, a stripling of fair countenance.

²⁰ And there was yet again a battle in Gath; when there was a man of stature, with six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty–four in number; he also, having been born to the giant; ²¹ but, when he reproached Israel, Jonathan son of Shimeah David’s brother, smote, him. ²² These four, had been born to the giant in Gath,––but they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

²³ he, also smote an Egyptian, a man of [great] stature, five cubits, and, in the hand of the Egyptian, was a spear like a weaver’s beam, so he went down unto him with a staff,––and wrested the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slew him with his spear.

²² It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, While, the inhabitants thereof, are, as grasshoppers,––Who stretcheth forth, as a curtain, the heavens, And spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in;